Is DEQX a game changer?

Al and Andrew (Drewan) ... if I was inclined to put together a non-reflective sound box, do you have any thoughts about the materials I should use? I wonder what speaker manufacturers use to damp sound reflections in box speakers??

Andrew, notwithstanding the imperfect initial set up of my speakers because I was not able to do the time alignment adjustments outside, imaging and soundstage are greatly improved over what I had before. In many ways, I was playing stereo through two different speakers because of room EQ problems. I think you have a sense of what I was dealing with by looking at Larry's adjustments.

I'm sorry, I am not experienced with materials for acoustic panels. Maybe Nyal could comment as I have seen a couple of recent posts from Acoustic Frontiers

Acoustic panels are not one of my areas of expertise either, Bruce. But if you want to DIY at a low price, the suggestions Bombaywalla made earlier of Owens Corning 703 or 705 seem worth looking into. They can be ordered via Amazon, where lots of user comments and Q&A's are provided.

Also, although at higher price points and not DIY, you may want to look into the suggestion Nyal made earlier of the HF versions of some of the RealTraps.

The Clearsonic panels I ordered, btw, will be arriving here on Tuesday. I may not be able to report results until the following week, though, as I'll be occupied with other things during most of the coming week. Also, I've been envisioning that when I move the speakers toward the center of the room for the close-up measurements, in my particular room surrounding the mic with the panels is likely to be more beneficial than surrounding the speakers with them. But I may try it both ways.

Best,
-- Al

Thanks Al and Andrew.

Al, may I suggest that you take your initial time alignment measurements a third way ... a baseline measurement. That is, no panels at all. Reason: to see how significant room reflection impact is on the speaker impulse measurements. And conversely, the extent to which your sound box ameliorates room reflections.

Your results will guide me on next steps.

Thanks

Will do.

-- Al